Tuesday, January 20, 2009

PAKISTAN BEATS SRI LANKA BY 8 WICKETS

Hi guys.Happy to meet you all again with an interesting article.Pakistan won the first ODI against Sri lanka by 8 wickets in Karachi.Sri Lanka managed to score 219 runs after winning the toss tiday afternoon.Sri lanka batsmen struggled to score runs because of tight spells by pakistan bowlers where pick of the bowling was Iftikar Anjum took 4 wickets and umar gul sweeped 3 wickets.Chasing a low total of 220 in flood lights pakistan openers Salman Butt and Manzoor gave a brisk start with a 168 run partnership for first wicket.Manzoor got out on 83 runs to Muralitharan and Younis khan went to pavilion after scoring 20 runs.Pakistan reached 220 runs in 45.5 overs with 8 wickets remaining.Salman Butt awarded as Man of the Match.The second ODI between these teams will be on tomorrow.Thanks for your time guys.

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